Simple Stories ~ Sweet Summertime #2

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog. 

Today I'm sharing my second layout using Simple Stories, Sweet Summertime - which you can find in the shop here. 

To create this layout I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. 

I then cut out a circle from the b side of  Backyard Memories and adhered it to the centre of the cardstock, leaving a gap around the edge so I could tuck in the florals. 

I fussy cut lots of flowers from Backyard Memories and began tucking them around the edge of the circle. It didn't matter if they weren't full flower shapes as just half was showing. So it's a good opportunity to use flowers from the edges of the patterned paper. 

I then printed my three photos and positioned them in the circle. I used an alphabet medal die to cut out the letters for my title on white cardstock. 

I then added some stickers from the cardstock stickers around the layout including some more florals!

A simple layout that came together quite quickly! But hopefully quite effective and easily replicated. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you again next month. 

Anna

x

@acraftylifewithanna

Mintay Paper - Summer Highlands - Chamonix Mont-Blanc

Hello, Karen here. I’m back with another layout featuring the gorgeous Summer Highlands collection from Mintay Papers. For this layout, I decided to challenge myself by working with one of the busy, full page background prints. To make it work without overwhelming the page, I used a technique I've used before framing a specific section of the pattern with a large circle cut from white cardstock.

To get started, I took a 12x12 sheet of smooth white cardstock and cut a large, 10-inch circle out of the centre. I trimmed down the outer edges of the cardstock slightly and layered it directly over paper #1. This allowed the pattern to peek through both the central window and around the outer border.

Next, I added some machine stitching around the edge of the cardstock using white thread for a bit of texture and also added a few splatters of watered-down Peeled Paint Distress Oxide.

Sitting on my desk was a scribbled circle cut file I’d cut from some woodgrain cardstock for a previous project but never used. I held it up to the page and couldn't believe it fit inside the circular hole perfectly and as I liked the look I glued it down!

 

I matted four small photos onto a single piece of white cardstock to resemble a photo booth strip. Then, I layered this strip onto some woodgrain paper from the 6x8 Add-On Paper Pad and placed it on the right side of the layout, overlapping the circle frame.

Beneath the circle, I used some die-cut letters to spell out the location where the photos were taken.....

..... and included the date at the top of the layout.

Next, I grabbed paper #9 and fussy cut some of the images  to use as embellishments.

I popped up the fussy-cut images using 3D foam  to add some dimension to the layout.

As a final touch, I scattered a few green enamel dots here and there.

Thank you so much for stopping by to look at my post today. I hope I’ve inspired you to try this technique, and don't forget you can pick up this gorgeous collection right now in the shop.

Until next time, take care

Karen

Echo Park ~ You Are My Sunshine #2 🌼

Hi Papermaze followers! 

It’s Anna back with you to share one final layout using Echo Park - You are my Sunshine. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

For my second layout using this collection, I wanted to create a large circle on my page. 

I used the b side of Sunshine Skies as my base. 

I then cut a circle out of Powder Blue bazzill cardstock and adhered it to centre of the patterned paper. I mounted my two photos together on to some coordinating bazzill cardstock and positioned them in the middle of the bazzill circle. 

I then grabbed all of my leftover scraps from this collection as well as some coordinating bazzill cardstock and I got punching! I used all of the flower punches that I have a punched lots and lots of flowers. You can view Papermaze’s range of punches here. 

I layered lots of the flowers together and added enamel dots to the centres. Once I had quite a few flowers ready, I started adhering them around the left edge of the circle. 

I then added some element stickers - a rainbow, cloud and sunshine to the top right of my layout. I also added a couple of bunting pieces and some phrase stickers at the bottom of the photographs. 

The title ‘So Epic’ and a couple of the word phrases come from Say Cheese Epic Cardstock Stickers as I was documenting a visit to Epcot. 

Thanks so much for looking!

See you in April with a brand New collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Mintay Papers Wildwood Secrets - Forest Finds

Hello, Karen here with another layout to share using Mintay Papers' beautiful Wildwood Secrets collection.

Sometimes I struggle to use the papers with large all over designs on scrapbook layouts so for this layout I chose to use just a circle of paper #2. 

I cut a large circle from the middle of a sheet of white cardstock and used this to frame a section of the patterned paper. 

I then daubed some cream coloured acrylic paint round the outer edge of the circle and with my sewing machine, stitched a straight stitch all the way round. The layout was then trimmed down slightly and mounted onto a sheet of Bazzill 'Almond Cream' cardstock leaving a narrow border.

I layered pieces of paper from the 6x8 add on paper pad under my photo and placed it in the bottom right corner of the layout. Some natural jute twine was tied round the bottom of the photo to add some texture.

I die-cut some lettering from more of the patterned paper to create a title right on the edge of the circle.

Die cuts from the Paper Die Cuts pack and also fussy cut images from the paper pad were used to embellish the layout. I layered the images with 3D foam underneath to add dimension.

Word strips from the sticker sheet were added.

In my stash I found some very old paper flowers with jewelled centres to embellish the layout further and I scattered a few clear crystals about the layout too.

Thank you for stopping by today. I'll be back again soon.

Take Care, Karen x x

Echo Park ~ Blossoms and Bees 🌼 #1

Hi everyone, it’s Anna back with you today and this month I’m working with one of the latest releases by Echo Park - Blossoms and Bees. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I started with a sheet of white bazzil cardstock and I cut a circle out of the middle. I also had a thin white boarder of cardstock leftover from a cutfile, so I put it to use and used my distress ink in the shade of shabby shutters to make it stand out on my layout. 

To create the background of the circle, I cut out lots of sizes of patterned paper and coordinating cardstock. I adhered them to the circle that was cut out and layered all of the pieces together. 

I fussy cut several of the florals from sweet blossoms, cut them in half and then arranged them in the corners of the boarders.  

I backed my 6x4 photo on to coordinating cardstock and placed it over to the left hand side of the circle. I then began to embellish the layout by layering around it. 

I cut out a sentiment from the 3x4 journaling cards snd placed under my photo and I also used several element stickers around the layout. I added a title using PinkFresh Alphas. 

Thanks so much for looking! See you later in the month for an another layout using this collection. 

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna

Blue Skies - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Flower Shoppe Collection

Hi Friends! 

It’s Rebecca here on the blog today. I absolutely loved working with the Simple Vintage Flower Shoppe collection last month, so much so that I decided to continue creating with it this month! It’s the perfect collection for this time of year, and I’m having so much fun with it. It’s a stunning spring collection from Simple Stories, and you can find it in the shop here.

For today’s layout, I started by cutting several circles from patterned papers using a set of metal nesting dies. I arranged four circles horizontally across the centre of a sheet of Premium White Cardstock, leaving a gap in the middle for my photo. Since I had cut the circles from the patterned papers, I wanted my photo to be circular as well. To help it stand out, I backed it with a larger circle of patterned paper and raised it up using foam.

Once the circles and photo were in place, I picked two words from the Foam Stickers for the title. I placed one above and one below the photo for added interest.

Next, I added a few florals from the Floral Bits & Pieces, creating three small, subtle clusters on the page.

To extend the layout vertically, I fussy cut several butterflies in different colours and sizes from the 'Dreamer' patterned paper and arranged them cascading down the page through the photo.

Feeling that the layout was a little top-heavy, I decided to tear the bottom section of the white cardstock, and back the area with patterned paper to bring some colour to the bottom of the layout.

I finished the layout with a couple of Cardstock Stickers, raised up on foam pads. I love the simplicity of this design and how beautifully the butterflies flow down the centre of the page.

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you like my layout and that it inspires you to start creating.

Take care,

Rebecca xx
@preciouspagespapercraft

Bella Blvd - One Fall Day - Fun Fall

Hi everyone,

Claire back here today sharing my second layout with the One Fall Day collection from Bella Blvd. 

You can find it in the shop here.

For this page, I'm focusing on concentric circles and pulling together all the beautiful colours this collection has to offer.

I cut 3 circles of different sizes from the Leaf Pile, Hello Fall and Falling for You papers. I distressed the edges and layered each piece one on top of the other, but stacked them all towards the left of the circle, rather than layering them centrally one on top of the other. I hope that makes sense! Please shout if it doesn't.

I mounted my photo with the Grateful and Borders papers, again distressing the edges before adding this on top of the circles. I also layered a piece of the borders paper along the top of the photo, using a notebook punch to add extra texture.

To anchor the design, I created three ephemera clusters - the largest of which was to the right had side of the photos using those statement trees and some other pieces from the  Ephemera Icons pack.

Then, on the left side of the design, I wanted to create two smaller clusters, following the circular edge and tucking and layering leaves from the Ephemera Icons Pack and Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers in between the edges of each circle.

Then, my favourite - a mixed font title! It's been a while since I've done this and I always love the effect. Both of these titles were from the Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and I love how it pulls all the colours together. For placement, I followed the circular edge again to keep the design cohesive. 

As a final touch I added some phrase stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and sprinkled some Pinkfresh Studio Jewel Essentials into each cluster. 

I hope you've enjoyed this layout. It was so much fun to make and I'd highly recommend this fun collection for your autumn scrapbook pages. 

Until next month, happy scrapping! 

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate 

Echo Park ~ I Love Fall #2 🍂

Hi all, 

It’s Anna back with you today. I have a second layout to share using Echo Park’s I Love Fall collection. 

You can find it in the shop here. 

To create this layout I began by cutting a circle out of Autumn Woods. I kept the inner circle and then selected various patterned papers from the collection as well as coordinating cardstock and cut 1.5inch strips. 

I used the paper strips to do some paper weaving and then stuck it all down on the inner circle. Keeping the lengths of paper, I adhered these strips to the back of Autumn Woods. 

I mounted my photo onto the b side of 4x4 journaling cards and adhered to the lower left side of the circle. 

I fussy cut some flowers from Fall Flowers and created two clusters. Adding to my clusters, I selected some ephemera icons and some element stickers to place alongside. 

To finish, I added some Nuvo Vintage Drops around the edge of the circle. 

Thanks so much for looking! See you next time with something Christmassy!

Anna 

x 

@acraftylifewithanna